1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,060 Hey guys, before this episode begins, I just want to let you all know that I've partnered 2 00:00:03,060 --> 00:00:06,720 with DOT Boot Camp to offer a 10% discount code on all Boot Camp products. 3 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:10,660 Whilst learning from my DOT, I've found that DOT Boot Camp took the best resource during 4 00:00:10,660 --> 00:00:11,660 my preparation. 5 00:00:11,660 --> 00:00:15,260 There are extensive review videos and practice exams are second to none. 6 00:00:15,260 --> 00:00:19,940 Use code DOD10 at checkout for a 10% discount, applicable to all programs Boot Camp has 7 00:00:19,940 --> 00:00:20,940 to offer. 8 00:00:20,940 --> 00:00:39,620 And that's DOD10 at checkout. 9 00:00:39,620 --> 00:00:43,060 Welcome back to another episode of the Dose the Dental Podcast. 10 00:00:43,060 --> 00:00:46,820 This podcast focuses on sharing the undergraduate and dental school experiences of dental students 11 00:00:46,820 --> 00:00:49,980 and dental professionals through valuable discussions. 12 00:00:49,980 --> 00:00:53,660 Through sharing the journeys and stories of current dental students and dental professionals, 13 00:00:53,660 --> 00:00:57,660 our goals will be find answers or guidance for your own pre-dental journeys. 14 00:00:57,660 --> 00:01:01,260 We have a very special episode today where we held an over South Eastern University College 15 00:01:01,260 --> 00:01:05,860 of Dental Medicine Q&A session in collaboration with students of dentistry. 16 00:01:05,860 --> 00:01:12,420 Joining us are five dental students, D2 Gulzar Palvani, D3's Johnny Russo, Salma Atasi, 17 00:01:12,420 --> 00:01:16,220 and Riley Barnett, as well as D4 Mary Wick. 18 00:01:16,220 --> 00:01:19,780 If you enjoyed the episode, be sure to leave a rating and follow the Dose the Dental Podcast 19 00:01:19,780 --> 00:01:21,780 and students of dentistry on Instagram. 20 00:01:21,780 --> 00:01:23,300 All right. 21 00:01:23,300 --> 00:01:24,980 Hi, everyone. 22 00:01:24,980 --> 00:01:29,140 Thank you for joining us for the pre-dental applications Q&A. 23 00:01:29,140 --> 00:01:32,620 This is going to be very geared toward all the pre-dental students that are in the chat. 24 00:01:32,620 --> 00:01:37,660 So feel free to unmute yourself and ask questions or drop them in the chat and we will ask them 25 00:01:37,660 --> 00:01:38,660 for you. 26 00:01:38,660 --> 00:01:42,140 So we have Nova Southeastern, other ASD at U-Board here. 27 00:01:42,140 --> 00:01:45,100 And if you guys just want to go around and introduce yourself and maybe say what year 28 00:01:45,100 --> 00:01:46,980 you are, and then we can get started. 29 00:01:46,980 --> 00:01:47,980 Hey, everybody. 30 00:01:47,980 --> 00:01:49,340 My name is Mary Wick. 31 00:01:49,340 --> 00:01:51,740 I'm a D4 at Nova. 32 00:01:51,740 --> 00:01:53,380 And I'm Johnny Russo. 33 00:01:53,380 --> 00:01:55,620 I'm a D3 at Nova. 34 00:01:55,620 --> 00:01:57,780 And I'm our ASD president. 35 00:01:57,780 --> 00:01:58,780 I'm Salma. 36 00:01:58,780 --> 00:01:59,780 I'm a D3 at Nova. 37 00:01:59,780 --> 00:02:01,580 And I'm the vice president. 38 00:02:01,580 --> 00:02:02,580 Hi, I'm Gulzar. 39 00:02:02,580 --> 00:02:03,660 I'm a D2. 40 00:02:03,660 --> 00:02:05,660 And I'm the president-elect for ASDA. 41 00:02:05,660 --> 00:02:06,660 All right. 42 00:02:06,660 --> 00:02:07,660 Awesome. 43 00:02:07,660 --> 00:02:12,500 So if anyone has any questions, like I said, feel free to drop them in the chat. 44 00:02:12,500 --> 00:02:17,500 And just to get us started, maybe if you guys want to talk about when you guys submitted 45 00:02:17,500 --> 00:02:22,620 your applications and just the timeline for the whole process. 46 00:02:22,620 --> 00:02:26,100 So when I applied, I did like the soft opening. 47 00:02:26,100 --> 00:02:28,380 I think I opened up in May or something. 48 00:02:28,380 --> 00:02:30,980 I started asking for my letter of recommendation. 49 00:02:30,980 --> 00:02:34,100 I put all my volunteer stuff. 50 00:02:34,100 --> 00:02:37,980 The key thing about your applied is, I think you probably heard it a lot, is always apply 51 00:02:37,980 --> 00:02:38,980 it early. 52 00:02:38,980 --> 00:02:39,980 Apply it early. 53 00:02:39,980 --> 00:02:40,980 That's very... 54 00:02:40,980 --> 00:02:43,980 Wow, that's so weird. 55 00:02:43,980 --> 00:02:44,980 Okay. 56 00:02:44,980 --> 00:02:47,940 Basically, I applied early. 57 00:02:47,940 --> 00:02:50,140 And then I wanted to make sure everything was ready to go. 58 00:02:50,140 --> 00:02:54,700 The one that official thing opened, all I had to do was press submit and put my credit 59 00:02:54,700 --> 00:02:57,460 card in. 60 00:02:57,460 --> 00:03:01,740 That's basically what I did. 61 00:03:01,740 --> 00:03:02,900 I applied really... 62 00:03:02,900 --> 00:03:04,460 I applied twice. 63 00:03:04,460 --> 00:03:09,260 The second time, I didn't really need to apply because I had gotten accepted, but it wasn't 64 00:03:09,260 --> 00:03:11,620 my school of choice. 65 00:03:11,620 --> 00:03:17,300 But as soon as I submitted the applications, I got, oh, hey, we have an open spot for you. 66 00:03:17,300 --> 00:03:23,340 So just because you don't get accepted right away, don't get discouraged. 67 00:03:23,340 --> 00:03:28,460 They accept students all the way up to when they start school, basically. 68 00:03:28,460 --> 00:03:30,620 That was my experience. 69 00:03:30,620 --> 00:03:33,460 Maybe someone else can have a better input. 70 00:03:33,460 --> 00:03:34,460 Yeah. 71 00:03:34,460 --> 00:03:39,300 So for me, I started my application whenever it opened. 72 00:03:39,300 --> 00:03:45,260 I want to say it was June 15th or May 15th or something, but I didn't take my DAT until 73 00:03:45,260 --> 00:03:47,540 August 23rd. 74 00:03:47,540 --> 00:03:56,380 So I don't think that my application was complete until mid-September, which I would not recommend, 75 00:03:56,380 --> 00:04:00,060 but it worked out for me. 76 00:04:00,060 --> 00:04:05,820 So I wanted to apply in June, but I went to apply in June because I was going to take 77 00:04:05,820 --> 00:04:08,580 my DAT in May, but that was the COVID summer. 78 00:04:08,580 --> 00:04:12,020 So I canceled my DAT and they pushed it back to June. 79 00:04:12,020 --> 00:04:18,100 So I did my DAT in June and I applied in July, like, May-July. 80 00:04:18,100 --> 00:04:26,460 I think I had my application complete if I remember correctly, and I took my DAT the 81 00:04:26,460 --> 00:04:27,860 end of August. 82 00:04:27,860 --> 00:04:32,380 And I remember because I had my application ready to go, I was able to just put in my DAT 83 00:04:32,380 --> 00:04:35,100 score and send the application. 84 00:04:35,100 --> 00:04:39,820 And I highly recommend having your application done, like I know sometimes we take longer 85 00:04:39,820 --> 00:04:41,780 to take our test. 86 00:04:41,780 --> 00:04:46,260 So I remember it takes a while for it to get verified and for your transcripts to get approved 87 00:04:46,260 --> 00:04:47,260 and everything. 88 00:04:47,260 --> 00:04:53,060 So it's good to do all that type of backend work and then push your application forward 89 00:04:53,060 --> 00:04:55,460 to get approved and everything. 90 00:04:55,460 --> 00:04:59,180 And that way, as soon as you get your DAT score, you can send it and then that means your application 91 00:04:59,180 --> 00:05:03,340 will be at the top of the pile to get reviewed by different schools. 92 00:05:03,340 --> 00:05:06,780 I do the chat. 93 00:05:06,780 --> 00:05:10,940 I see what do you think is the most important aspect of the application? 94 00:05:10,940 --> 00:05:12,940 Good question. 95 00:05:12,940 --> 00:05:15,860 Definitely having your application done. 96 00:05:15,860 --> 00:05:22,500 Like a lot of times I know like when admissions are looking at applications, they won't even, 97 00:05:22,500 --> 00:05:26,380 sometimes they'll look at it, sometimes they won't, but unless you have a DAT score present, 98 00:05:26,380 --> 00:05:29,620 they won't, they'll just be like, okay, we'll keep it to the side. 99 00:05:29,620 --> 00:05:32,580 Like they'll say, okay, your GPA is good, your volunteer hours are good, but you have 100 00:05:32,580 --> 00:05:35,940 no DAT score, so let me put this to the side. 101 00:05:35,940 --> 00:05:41,060 I would just always try to have everything done when you submit it, but like a lot of 102 00:05:41,060 --> 00:05:44,300 our students, they didn't get their DAT score or they haven't. 103 00:05:44,300 --> 00:05:48,020 As soon as you get that DAT score, submit it right away, even if it's an unofficial 104 00:05:48,020 --> 00:05:49,020 one. 105 00:05:49,020 --> 00:05:52,220 Like I think Johnny, you said you took yours in August or something. 106 00:05:52,220 --> 00:05:53,900 Yeah, like end of August. 107 00:05:53,900 --> 00:05:58,180 Yeah, so but as soon as you got your unofficial score, you send it straight to admissions 108 00:05:58,180 --> 00:06:01,220 people or like you try to update it or something. 109 00:06:01,220 --> 00:06:05,300 That's the most important thing is that because I know a lot of schools, they, if you have 110 00:06:05,300 --> 00:06:10,660 anything below, I think a 20, they won't, they don't like, they like things a book, 111 00:06:10,660 --> 00:06:11,660 20 or above. 112 00:06:11,660 --> 00:06:15,780 I know NSU, they don't like seeing stuff that's like, IT or lower. 113 00:06:15,780 --> 00:06:21,940 Correct me if I run on that, but when I, when I've heard students say, oh yeah, I got like 114 00:06:21,940 --> 00:06:27,900 a 22 or 20 PS or AA, they got interviewed right away. 115 00:06:27,900 --> 00:06:33,700 That's, you don't want to get to a 20 plus and then submit your unofficial score right 116 00:06:33,700 --> 00:06:34,700 away. 117 00:06:34,700 --> 00:06:39,340 Now it's saying like, okay, I submitted my application, but I don't have my DAT score 118 00:06:39,340 --> 00:06:40,340 yet. 119 00:06:40,340 --> 00:06:46,660 As long as you are reporting your progress, as long as you're a concertation, sorry, communication 120 00:06:46,660 --> 00:06:51,860 with them and if you'll say, Hey, I'm taking my DAT this time, I'll give you my unofficial 121 00:06:51,860 --> 00:06:54,060 score right away. 122 00:06:54,060 --> 00:06:58,580 That is very key in this. 123 00:06:58,580 --> 00:07:03,580 I agree with Tori, I thought it is important to communicate. 124 00:07:03,580 --> 00:07:08,300 You want to let, make sure you let the schools know that you're applying to like the same 125 00:07:08,300 --> 00:07:11,540 day that you get your DAT score, you're happy with it and it's the one that you're going 126 00:07:11,540 --> 00:07:15,060 to be using to reach out to them and let them know, Hey, this is the DAT score I got, I'm 127 00:07:15,060 --> 00:07:16,860 in your program. 128 00:07:16,860 --> 00:07:21,340 It's really important to just show face, I guess, virtually. 129 00:07:21,340 --> 00:07:26,180 And I think the question was, you know, asking what's the most important party application, 130 00:07:26,180 --> 00:07:30,580 aside from your scores, your DAT score and your GPA that are going to carry the bulk 131 00:07:30,580 --> 00:07:31,820 of your application. 132 00:07:31,820 --> 00:07:36,860 The only thing that's allowing schools to get to know you on a personal level without 133 00:07:36,860 --> 00:07:38,620 meeting you is your personal statement. 134 00:07:38,620 --> 00:07:44,260 So you want that to be like the most authentic version of yourself and really speaking true 135 00:07:44,260 --> 00:07:48,940 to who you are and making it as unique as possible because there's so many of their 136 00:07:48,940 --> 00:07:52,220 readings so what makes you stand out from somebody else? 137 00:07:52,220 --> 00:07:56,660 Yeah, I think I agree. 138 00:07:56,660 --> 00:08:01,220 I don't think that the DAT is the most important thing. 139 00:08:01,220 --> 00:08:06,580 My DAT score was probably lower than average for my class, to be honest with you. 140 00:08:06,580 --> 00:08:13,180 So I think it really is holistic the way that they look at you. 141 00:08:13,180 --> 00:08:19,940 I think that the thing that's the most important at NOVA especially is they want to know that 142 00:08:19,940 --> 00:08:25,380 you really want to go there and they want a good reason as to why. 143 00:08:25,380 --> 00:08:32,620 I think that at NOVA we really do have kind of a community and admissions tries to focus 144 00:08:32,620 --> 00:08:40,180 on selecting people who they know are going to be happy there and are going to sit in. 145 00:08:40,180 --> 00:08:47,260 As far as your application in general for any school, I would say picking things that 146 00:08:47,260 --> 00:08:55,840 interest you, it doesn't really matter what it is and sticking with it for a significant 147 00:08:55,840 --> 00:09:02,260 amount of time or working your way up leadership-wise is more important than getting a single test 148 00:09:02,260 --> 00:09:08,580 score or being involved in whatever it is, research or something specific. 149 00:09:08,580 --> 00:09:10,220 I don't think there's one answer. 150 00:09:10,220 --> 00:09:15,340 I think it's the kind of person that you are, to be honest with you. 151 00:09:15,340 --> 00:09:22,300 Yeah, and I'll piggyback off of Johnny real quick about showing interest for NOVA. 152 00:09:22,300 --> 00:09:29,300 See, I applied to NOVA and I got waitlisted. 153 00:09:29,300 --> 00:09:35,100 I really wanted to go to NOVA, so I was trying to figure out, do some research on how I can 154 00:09:35,100 --> 00:09:38,980 up my chances on getting off the waitlist to get into NOVA. 155 00:09:38,980 --> 00:09:47,300 A lot of people said to reach out to Dr. Galca, which is the Dean of Admissions. 156 00:09:47,300 --> 00:09:52,980 I just scheduled a meeting with her and just had a nice talk with her and just showed my 157 00:09:52,980 --> 00:09:55,940 interest in that way. 158 00:09:55,940 --> 00:10:00,460 She just said send in a letter of intent and then I sent my letter of intent. 159 00:10:00,460 --> 00:10:02,540 I think it was like a week. 160 00:10:02,540 --> 00:10:07,580 I was hearing back from Dr. Galca saying I was taking off the waitlist and it was handed 161 00:10:07,580 --> 00:10:08,580 to the spot. 162 00:10:08,580 --> 00:10:11,140 So, yeah, just reach out to the school. 163 00:10:11,140 --> 00:10:16,460 If you're in that position as I was, being put on the waitlist here at NOVA, just reach 164 00:10:16,460 --> 00:10:17,460 out to them. 165 00:10:17,460 --> 00:10:21,220 They're really nice and willing to meet you and get in the talk to you. 166 00:10:21,220 --> 00:10:25,380 So, yeah, just reach out and show your interest. 167 00:10:25,380 --> 00:10:30,260 There's a couple questions in the chat. 168 00:10:30,260 --> 00:10:33,900 There's one question that I saw, are you familiar with the general sciences and abstracts? 169 00:10:33,900 --> 00:10:35,740 I actually talked to Calvin about this. 170 00:10:35,740 --> 00:10:37,140 I'm sure you guys know Calvin. 171 00:10:37,140 --> 00:10:43,460 He kind of handles the interview process and application process. 172 00:10:43,460 --> 00:10:46,540 From what I remember from my conversation, it's a one-year program. 173 00:10:46,540 --> 00:10:50,220 If I'm not mistaken, it's the certificate program. 174 00:10:50,220 --> 00:10:54,580 It's a one-year program that NOVA offers and you basically take very similar classes to 175 00:10:54,580 --> 00:10:56,580 the Z1s at the same time. 176 00:10:56,580 --> 00:11:04,780 And I believe if you get 3.6 or above, that guarantees you a spot in the following year 177 00:11:04,780 --> 00:11:09,300 Z1 class, I'm going to keep you at 3.5 or something like that. 178 00:11:09,300 --> 00:11:10,300 It's on the website. 179 00:11:10,300 --> 00:11:15,420 I don't remember what it was exactly, but if you go to 3.5, it guarantees you an interview 180 00:11:15,420 --> 00:11:16,420 for the following year. 181 00:11:16,420 --> 00:11:18,980 So, yeah, that's what that program is. 182 00:11:18,980 --> 00:11:21,340 If you have more questions, you can ask in the chat. 183 00:11:21,340 --> 00:11:24,820 But somebody else asked another question about personal statements. 184 00:11:24,820 --> 00:11:32,380 I don't know if anybody wants to start answering that. 185 00:11:32,380 --> 00:11:36,060 I mean, I get to speak on it a little bit more in terms of personal statement. 186 00:11:36,060 --> 00:11:41,380 I know, I believe the question was asking if we would talk about community service or 187 00:11:41,380 --> 00:11:42,580 shadowing experiences. 188 00:11:42,580 --> 00:11:49,220 I think, obviously, those are vital components of making you a one-on-an applicant. 189 00:11:49,220 --> 00:11:52,900 And there's other portions in the application where you will be talking about community 190 00:11:52,900 --> 00:11:58,380 service and types of shadowing you've done and any other volunteer or general related 191 00:11:58,380 --> 00:11:59,380 activities. 192 00:11:59,380 --> 00:12:05,660 But I think it's really important to use the personal statement to maybe highlight just 193 00:12:05,660 --> 00:12:10,260 a few main ones that really shape who you are, but also try to make this possible to 194 00:12:10,260 --> 00:12:11,260 do more. 195 00:12:11,260 --> 00:12:17,940 So, even if it's not necessarily dental related, you could talk about what route you took to 196 00:12:17,940 --> 00:12:22,940 be fall in love with dentistry or why you want to become a dentist and kind of veer away 197 00:12:22,940 --> 00:12:24,340 from the generic responses. 198 00:12:24,340 --> 00:12:29,180 It's like, I want to help people and I like tees or smiles and things like that because 199 00:12:29,180 --> 00:12:32,140 a lot of people are going to be talking about those components. 200 00:12:32,140 --> 00:12:38,300 So yeah, I think it's really important to make it as unique and as personal as to you. 201 00:12:38,300 --> 00:12:41,820 I didn't really have anything super major to talk about in my personal statement. 202 00:12:41,820 --> 00:12:46,260 So I just talked about shadowing experiences, the mission trips that I went on, and then 203 00:12:46,260 --> 00:12:47,740 towards the end of my personal statement. 204 00:12:47,740 --> 00:12:53,180 I started talking about how I like playing video games and how I played lacrosse in high 205 00:12:53,180 --> 00:12:54,180 school and in college. 206 00:12:54,180 --> 00:12:59,380 And I was able to relate those things that I mentioned and also like playing piano, things 207 00:12:59,380 --> 00:13:00,380 like that. 208 00:13:00,380 --> 00:13:03,700 I talked about manuals, Xperity, and I kind of tried to relate all these things I was 209 00:13:03,700 --> 00:13:07,540 interested in that were not dental related to dental things. 210 00:13:07,540 --> 00:13:12,140 So like lacrosse, I was talking about how you need to be a really good team player and 211 00:13:12,140 --> 00:13:13,620 also a really good leader. 212 00:13:13,620 --> 00:13:18,460 And I related that to being working in an office. 213 00:13:18,460 --> 00:13:23,500 So definitely you'll have to just talk about dental. 214 00:13:23,500 --> 00:13:28,380 You can explore other things, but always try to relate it back to dentistry and find those 215 00:13:28,380 --> 00:13:36,020 little things that relate to dental to dentistry. 216 00:13:36,020 --> 00:13:41,300 Your personal statement, it's basically your trend and tell the inter, like mission people, 217 00:13:41,300 --> 00:13:42,900 hey, this is who I am. 218 00:13:42,900 --> 00:13:45,300 This is basically why I want to be a dentist. 219 00:13:45,300 --> 00:13:49,060 This is like, this is what brought me here. 220 00:13:49,060 --> 00:13:53,860 They know what you are on paper as far as academics, community service. 221 00:13:53,860 --> 00:13:57,940 Like when someone was saying like, you don't have to, it's great that you have dental in 222 00:13:57,940 --> 00:14:03,180 there, but if you have like your hand skills, like what makes you feel like this is the 223 00:14:03,180 --> 00:14:06,060 field that you are meant to be in. 224 00:14:06,060 --> 00:14:10,220 Because anyone would say, oh yeah, I want to be a dentist because I'm, I love to esteem. 225 00:14:10,220 --> 00:14:12,060 Anyone can say that. 226 00:14:12,060 --> 00:14:16,460 And stay something that makes you stand out because at the end of the day, the only person 227 00:14:16,460 --> 00:14:21,100 that knows you is you and you want to make sure that mission people see you for who you 228 00:14:21,100 --> 00:14:22,300 are. 229 00:14:22,300 --> 00:14:25,980 And then when they invite you to interview, you can expand about what you meant in your 230 00:14:25,980 --> 00:14:26,980 personal statement. 231 00:14:26,980 --> 00:14:32,140 One of the questions in the chat was talking about if you're a foreigner question, are 232 00:14:32,140 --> 00:14:36,460 you saying like you're a foreign dentist or like you're just a student that's coming 233 00:14:36,460 --> 00:14:37,460 into the country? 234 00:14:37,460 --> 00:14:41,780 Like are you, because if you're a foreign dentist or certain things have to go through 235 00:14:41,780 --> 00:14:48,500 to get your license in America, so like at Nova, they have an international dentist program 236 00:14:48,500 --> 00:14:51,900 where like you start as a D2, I think, right? 237 00:14:51,900 --> 00:14:54,580 And then, but that's in the Clearwater campus. 238 00:14:54,580 --> 00:14:58,900 And then you do three years and then you have your dentist life in America. 239 00:14:58,900 --> 00:15:02,340 But it, that's for if you're like a dentist in somewhere else. 240 00:15:02,340 --> 00:15:07,340 And then you still have to take the same exams and stuff like that. 241 00:15:07,340 --> 00:15:13,820 The average that score at Nova, I believe it's like they will only look at your application 242 00:15:13,820 --> 00:15:16,620 really, but it's like a 20 or above, right? 243 00:15:16,620 --> 00:15:23,780 I think that's what that was the average, like anything below a 20, they, it's not really, 244 00:15:23,780 --> 00:15:28,460 they don't, they'll look at you, but they won't nine or 10 times a 20 or above is what 245 00:15:28,460 --> 00:15:29,940 they really want. 246 00:15:29,940 --> 00:15:35,300 Yeah, I think someone's asking if it's like academic average to total science. 247 00:15:35,300 --> 00:15:41,460 It's just your both your academic average and your total science should be a 20 or higher. 248 00:15:41,460 --> 00:15:45,900 There are certain categories that aren't as important, like reading comprehension and 249 00:15:45,900 --> 00:15:50,420 that like you want them to be high, but they don't necessarily need to be, you know, 20 250 00:15:50,420 --> 00:15:52,140 or 21 or something like that. 251 00:15:52,140 --> 00:15:56,780 But if I have a couple of bad grades, however, I have a overall good GPA. 252 00:15:56,780 --> 00:16:03,220 Okay, so if you have a good GPA solid, you have a good dad score solid. 253 00:16:03,220 --> 00:16:08,060 You have a lot of experience of the dental assistant, patient coordinator, even better. 254 00:16:08,060 --> 00:16:11,340 It shows that you're not just someone that's good academically, you're going out there 255 00:16:11,340 --> 00:16:15,620 and you're put yourself in the field to make sure you, this is what you want to do. 256 00:16:15,620 --> 00:16:19,180 Like my background is I was a dental assistant before dental school. 257 00:16:19,180 --> 00:16:22,620 I'm a current outreach coordinator for a mobile dental bus. 258 00:16:22,620 --> 00:16:25,820 I was not just someone that was studying it. 259 00:16:25,820 --> 00:16:28,380 I need to be involved in it. 260 00:16:28,380 --> 00:16:33,100 I didn't have my undergrad GPA wasn't the greatest, but I'm able to master's program. 261 00:16:33,100 --> 00:16:34,860 I did a masters of public health. 262 00:16:34,860 --> 00:16:39,300 A lot of other students do masters of biomedical sciences. 263 00:16:39,300 --> 00:16:41,420 If you have a low GPA, that's okay. 264 00:16:41,420 --> 00:16:43,700 You still have an opportunity to get accepted down. 265 00:16:43,700 --> 00:16:48,860 Like you just have to like think about, okay, I have to accept that a low GPA. 266 00:16:48,860 --> 00:16:50,420 Let me go to a master's program. 267 00:16:50,420 --> 00:16:51,940 Let me get a good dad score. 268 00:16:51,940 --> 00:16:56,260 Let me show them my background in public health or like something I'm doing outside 269 00:16:56,260 --> 00:16:57,260 of school. 270 00:16:57,260 --> 00:16:58,620 I'm an assistant here. 271 00:16:58,620 --> 00:16:59,620 I do stuff on the side. 272 00:16:59,620 --> 00:17:01,420 I do a lot of community service. 273 00:17:01,420 --> 00:17:06,700 Like you can make up for a bad GPA by being involved in other programs, other things, 274 00:17:06,700 --> 00:17:11,060 showing that you're active in your community, so you're active in a dental office. 275 00:17:11,060 --> 00:17:13,380 Like don't take a, I have a horrible GPA. 276 00:17:13,380 --> 00:17:15,540 I'm one and done. 277 00:17:15,540 --> 00:17:22,220 You can still make up for it. 278 00:17:22,220 --> 00:17:29,140 I think in terms of the grades, I personally did a masters in biomedical science or applying 279 00:17:29,140 --> 00:17:30,660 dental school. 280 00:17:30,660 --> 00:17:39,020 So my take on your GPA and the grades that are being bad is it depends on what classes 281 00:17:39,020 --> 00:17:40,500 you're not doing well in. 282 00:17:40,500 --> 00:17:45,860 Like I mean, it's okay if you have a, you know, it's great overall good and strong GPA, 283 00:17:45,860 --> 00:17:49,420 but what courses you didn't necessarily form as well in. 284 00:17:49,420 --> 00:17:54,980 And you may kind of take that into account, at least that was my take from applying to 285 00:17:54,980 --> 00:18:00,620 once and then not getting in and then applying again with my asters. 286 00:18:00,620 --> 00:18:03,540 I think tomorrow I'm just, go ahead. 287 00:18:03,540 --> 00:18:04,540 No, yeah, sorry. 288 00:18:04,540 --> 00:18:07,660 There's like a lot of questions in chat. 289 00:18:07,660 --> 00:18:12,300 I wanted to answer like one of the easier ones is everyone live off campus. 290 00:18:12,300 --> 00:18:19,740 There's no on campus grad housing at Nova, so everybody live off campus for the most 291 00:18:19,740 --> 00:18:20,740 part. 292 00:18:20,740 --> 00:18:23,460 There's people that live in apartments right outside of Nova. 293 00:18:23,460 --> 00:18:28,540 There's people that live in Miami and they can view just depends on the person, but for 294 00:18:28,540 --> 00:18:32,700 the most part, well, everybody does resolve campus. 295 00:18:32,700 --> 00:18:37,260 Yeah, personally, I live right across the street from the school. 296 00:18:37,260 --> 00:18:40,900 So I watch school every day, which is awesome. 297 00:18:40,900 --> 00:18:42,500 What makes Nova unique? 298 00:18:42,500 --> 00:18:45,220 Okay, that's a very cool question. 299 00:18:45,220 --> 00:18:47,620 So I'll start off one thing. 300 00:18:47,620 --> 00:18:49,260 It's in Thunny Saps South Florida. 301 00:18:49,260 --> 00:18:50,260 We don't have snow. 302 00:18:50,260 --> 00:18:51,980 I was born and raised in Miami, Florida. 303 00:18:51,980 --> 00:18:53,420 I have never seen snow in my life. 304 00:18:53,420 --> 00:18:55,380 I hope never to go to see snow. 305 00:18:55,380 --> 00:19:03,300 So if you are born, born and raised in Miami or Florida and you've heard snow, Nova's your 306 00:19:03,300 --> 00:19:04,300 place. 307 00:19:04,300 --> 00:19:09,780 What I like about Nova is you have your mental health relief in a sense. 308 00:19:09,780 --> 00:19:13,140 Like at the beach down the street, it's my hometown. 309 00:19:13,140 --> 00:19:17,620 So I always look at like when I was applying out, like I was thinking about, okay, do I 310 00:19:17,620 --> 00:19:19,340 really want to be far away from family? 311 00:19:19,340 --> 00:19:23,140 Do I want to be far away from an area that I grew up in? 312 00:19:23,140 --> 00:19:26,420 Do I want to go up to North and freeze my butt off? 313 00:19:26,420 --> 00:19:30,980 Like these are all the things I had to think about when I was replying. 314 00:19:30,980 --> 00:19:36,020 If you're fortunate enough to get accepted to multiple schools, think about like, okay, 315 00:19:36,020 --> 00:19:39,740 do I want to spend the much money traveling back and forth across country to see my family? 316 00:19:39,740 --> 00:19:40,740 Like it's commitment. 317 00:19:40,740 --> 00:19:43,140 You have to think about that stuff. 318 00:19:43,140 --> 00:19:46,660 So if you are born in Florida and you want to stay in Florida, if you want to practice 319 00:19:46,660 --> 00:19:50,780 in Florida, there's three great schools that you can apply to. 320 00:19:50,780 --> 00:19:55,940 What makes Nova unique also is that all the specialties are in-house. 321 00:19:55,940 --> 00:19:59,700 So if my patient needs an endo, all I got to do is go upstairs and say, hey, can you 322 00:19:59,700 --> 00:20:02,180 come and do a consult with this one patient? 323 00:20:02,180 --> 00:20:06,780 And then if a patient needs a wisdom tube extraction, it'll impact the wisdom tube. 324 00:20:06,780 --> 00:20:08,820 I go down the street, go down the hall. 325 00:20:08,820 --> 00:20:11,820 This oral surgery, it's nice having everything in-house. 326 00:20:11,820 --> 00:20:15,580 Another thing that makes Nova really unique is that they're always improving on their 327 00:20:15,580 --> 00:20:16,580 technology. 328 00:20:16,580 --> 00:20:22,660 Like we're getting a new CBCT, we're getting like every, all of our clinic teams are going 329 00:20:22,660 --> 00:20:25,860 to have a scanner. 330 00:20:25,860 --> 00:20:29,940 It's nice that Nova's always shining the newest technology, but every Dallas school 331 00:20:29,940 --> 00:20:33,260 has something to offer. 332 00:20:33,260 --> 00:20:36,100 It depends on where you want to end up, essentially. 333 00:20:36,100 --> 00:20:41,420 Like I didn't, I can only talk about Nova's experience, that's where I go to. 334 00:20:41,420 --> 00:20:43,300 Everyone had a different experience at their Dallas school. 335 00:20:43,300 --> 00:20:45,220 So it depends on what you're looking for. 336 00:20:45,220 --> 00:20:48,900 And if you want to travel up North, if you want to stay up North, or if you want to come 337 00:20:48,900 --> 00:20:51,900 down to Sunday, it's not a spec, not top today, sorry. 338 00:20:51,900 --> 00:20:53,140 Like South Florida, great. 339 00:20:53,140 --> 00:20:58,260 It just depends on what school fits your needs and your wants, basically. 340 00:20:58,260 --> 00:21:05,060 Yeah, I don't really know how other dental schools operate, but I believe like one unique 341 00:21:05,060 --> 00:21:10,500 thing about Nova is they do a pretty good job your first year of exposing you to dentistry, 342 00:21:10,500 --> 00:21:12,580 like you know, in SimLab. 343 00:21:12,580 --> 00:21:16,300 I believe it's like the end of sometime in your first semester, you're picking up a hand 344 00:21:16,300 --> 00:21:18,980 piece and starting to drill. 345 00:21:18,980 --> 00:21:23,380 They get you in the clinic, you're shadowing and getting exposed to the clinic pretty early 346 00:21:23,380 --> 00:21:24,380 on. 347 00:21:24,380 --> 00:21:28,740 You're doing cleanings on each other, hygiene and stuff like that. 348 00:21:28,740 --> 00:21:33,060 So I think they do a pretty good job at taking away, because you're going to be doing a lot 349 00:21:33,060 --> 00:21:38,420 of didactic courses your first year, but they still do a good job of fitting in the clinical 350 00:21:38,420 --> 00:21:41,340 side of dentistry your first year. 351 00:21:41,340 --> 00:21:46,100 So I think that's a pretty big deal for me for how unique Nova is. 352 00:21:46,100 --> 00:21:52,980 But like I said, I'm not sure how other dental schools work their first year. 353 00:21:52,980 --> 00:22:00,020 I think my favorite part about Nova and something that drew me to wanting to go here is the 354 00:22:00,020 --> 00:22:01,020 community. 355 00:22:01,020 --> 00:22:02,540 It's like everyone's like super personal. 356 00:22:02,540 --> 00:22:04,180 I've never wanted to help each other out. 357 00:22:04,180 --> 00:22:05,260 It's like one big family. 358 00:22:05,260 --> 00:22:11,980 I mean, there's always going to be a little competition, but nothing that is like deteriorating 359 00:22:11,980 --> 00:22:13,740 here from doing one year classes. 360 00:22:13,740 --> 00:22:16,140 And I don't know, everyone's really supportive. 361 00:22:16,140 --> 00:22:19,860 And even the faculty is super approachable and super sweet. 362 00:22:19,860 --> 00:22:20,860 Yeah. 363 00:22:20,860 --> 00:22:26,620 So I was going to answer the question in the chat, how long is the school year? 364 00:22:26,620 --> 00:22:29,020 Do you want to year end August to May? 365 00:22:29,020 --> 00:22:34,660 So it's just the fall and spring semester and then D to D three year it's so full summer. 366 00:22:34,660 --> 00:22:39,260 So May and then to the next May, D three years, May to the next May and then D four 367 00:22:39,260 --> 00:22:41,940 years, May until next May. 368 00:22:41,940 --> 00:22:42,940 That makes sense. 369 00:22:42,940 --> 00:22:45,060 It's what Roy said. 370 00:22:45,060 --> 00:22:49,380 For me, what makes Nova unique is also like what Goldard said, it literally feels like 371 00:22:49,380 --> 00:22:52,740 a family and I feel like that's so cliche and everybody says that I'm on Nova. 372 00:22:52,740 --> 00:22:58,180 But as a D one, I felt super comfortable talking to D fours and asking D fours for help. 373 00:22:58,180 --> 00:23:02,780 And I feel like when you're going through a time of a ton of transition and a lot of 374 00:23:02,780 --> 00:23:07,180 stress and just like a really big lifestyle change, it's intimidating to talk to older 375 00:23:07,180 --> 00:23:09,100 people and ask for help. 376 00:23:09,100 --> 00:23:12,700 But I always felt super, super comfortable asking for help. 377 00:23:12,700 --> 00:23:15,180 And you're definitely going to need help with a huge transition. 378 00:23:15,180 --> 00:23:17,700 But that's one thing about Nova that I really loved. 379 00:23:17,700 --> 00:23:23,020 And also what Riley said, you start in the clinic or D one year assisting and shadowing 380 00:23:23,020 --> 00:23:28,020 and then D three years and cleaning and oral exams or oral cancer screening on patients 381 00:23:28,020 --> 00:23:33,500 and so I really liked when you get really early clinical exposure at Nova. 382 00:23:33,500 --> 00:23:35,100 And also the weather is really nice. 383 00:23:35,100 --> 00:23:38,500 And I'm from Miami, so you're like 10 minutes away from Fort Lauderdale or you're a minute 384 00:23:38,500 --> 00:23:39,500 away from Miami. 385 00:23:39,500 --> 00:23:43,300 Like it's amazing. 386 00:23:43,300 --> 00:23:46,060 I think some people were asking about manual dexterity. 387 00:23:46,060 --> 00:23:50,580 So is there a way you can highlight that in your application and what activities can 388 00:23:50,580 --> 00:23:55,100 you do to highlight that or to improve upon that before starting dental school? 389 00:23:55,100 --> 00:23:58,380 I'll answer it. 390 00:23:58,380 --> 00:24:00,340 I think Johnny, you're good at this. 391 00:24:00,340 --> 00:24:06,980 Okay, I'll answer this one because this was something big in my interview that Dr. Galca 392 00:24:06,980 --> 00:24:12,260 still talks about to the applicants who are coming through. 393 00:24:12,260 --> 00:24:18,780 I talked about shaping surfboards, which was kind of different than I think what she expected 394 00:24:18,780 --> 00:24:23,220 or what you would consider to be like an aspect of manual dexterity. 395 00:24:23,220 --> 00:24:27,140 But it's only that I love and I still think about it all the time. 396 00:24:27,140 --> 00:24:31,380 Like now that I've been through over two years of dental school, I would shape a wavehead 397 00:24:31,380 --> 00:24:33,620 or surfboard. 398 00:24:33,620 --> 00:24:39,940 But I think if you're doing something that doesn't feel like it's something that's naturally 399 00:24:39,940 --> 00:24:44,220 interesting to you, it's probably not worth it. 400 00:24:44,220 --> 00:24:52,060 And you can turn your interests into something that can be considered practicing manual dexterity 401 00:24:52,060 --> 00:24:54,980 pretty easily. 402 00:24:54,980 --> 00:24:55,980 I agree with Johnny. 403 00:24:55,980 --> 00:25:01,540 I also, so that summer before dental school, I honestly tried to do everything to practice 404 00:25:01,540 --> 00:25:02,540 my manual dexterity. 405 00:25:02,540 --> 00:25:07,820 I remember I bought an Amogwa Nolilus Sutra kit and I tried learning how to do that through 406 00:25:07,820 --> 00:25:08,820 YouTube. 407 00:25:08,820 --> 00:25:10,020 I just tried a bunch of different things. 408 00:25:10,020 --> 00:25:11,740 I naturally always played lacrosse. 409 00:25:11,740 --> 00:25:17,500 I naturally played video games and played piano, but I personally think that nothing will compare 410 00:25:17,500 --> 00:25:21,980 to holding a drill and how that feels. 411 00:25:21,980 --> 00:25:23,580 So yeah, I don't know. 412 00:25:23,580 --> 00:25:27,460 I feel like the very specific way when you guys learn of holding a drill and drilling 413 00:25:27,460 --> 00:25:31,660 into a piece of mouth and using the instrument for creaming, nothing could really compare 414 00:25:31,660 --> 00:25:32,660 to that. 415 00:25:32,660 --> 00:25:38,780 So yeah, that's my opinion. 416 00:25:38,780 --> 00:25:41,260 I agree with Salba. 417 00:25:41,260 --> 00:25:45,500 I feel like nothing you can do to prepare for holding a drill for the first time. 418 00:25:45,500 --> 00:25:49,460 It's challenging, but I think something that I really value about Nolilus Sutra is that 419 00:25:49,460 --> 00:25:55,380 from the beginning, literally the first day of D1 year, you're in the Sim Lab doing wax 420 00:25:55,380 --> 00:26:00,820 ups and then from there working on teeth and they can really get you in the Sim Lab early. 421 00:26:00,820 --> 00:26:03,420 You're getting a lot of hands on the skills. 422 00:26:03,420 --> 00:26:07,620 And I think one of the questions earlier was asking if we fell like we were prepared going 423 00:26:07,620 --> 00:26:08,700 into clinic. 424 00:26:08,700 --> 00:26:13,140 I personally can't speak on that yet, but our dental meetings and D4s can say they too 425 00:26:13,140 --> 00:26:19,300 are prepared, but so far I feel like we're getting a lot of experience. 426 00:26:19,300 --> 00:26:21,140 But it was great, entering. 427 00:26:21,140 --> 00:26:28,580 So I was the COVID year, 2020, my first year at DOS school, so all our courses were online, 428 00:26:28,580 --> 00:26:33,460 but we did have our Sim Lab sessions in person and instead of having them every day, we only 429 00:26:33,460 --> 00:26:36,020 had them once or twice a week. 430 00:26:36,020 --> 00:26:45,660 So going to D2, it was a weird transition, but what a lot of us did was we had a motor 431 00:26:45,660 --> 00:26:50,500 at home where we had to use our hand pieces at home, so if I had a break from studying, 432 00:26:50,500 --> 00:26:52,780 I would just practice at home. 433 00:26:52,780 --> 00:26:57,020 When we went out of COVID, I was always in Sim Lab. 434 00:26:57,020 --> 00:27:03,140 At the end of the day, no one can really prepare you well enough and you have to prepare yourself. 435 00:27:03,140 --> 00:27:08,140 Once you get taught the basic skills, it's up to you to really put the time in to put 436 00:27:08,140 --> 00:27:09,140 the work in. 437 00:27:09,140 --> 00:27:15,780 When I started clinic, I felt really prepared just because in my head, I knew what I had 438 00:27:15,780 --> 00:27:16,780 to do. 439 00:27:16,780 --> 00:27:23,500 I put the time in Sim Lab, but then again, no one overnight is for an adentist. 440 00:27:23,500 --> 00:27:26,540 When you get your first patient in the chair, you're going to be like, oh shit, sorry, don't 441 00:27:26,540 --> 00:27:31,700 me the curse, but you get what I'm saying, no one overnight is an adentist. 442 00:27:31,700 --> 00:27:34,580 Everyone's going to make a mistake. 443 00:27:34,580 --> 00:27:39,300 It's what you learn from your mistakes that make you a better provider. 444 00:27:39,300 --> 00:27:47,940 I do think Nova prepares you well in a sense of your hand skills, your oral med knowledge. 445 00:27:47,940 --> 00:27:52,740 I felt very prepared going into clinic and I still feel prepared as a d-bore. 446 00:27:52,740 --> 00:27:55,020 I do a lot of mission trips of Nova. 447 00:27:55,020 --> 00:28:01,900 We just got back from Puerto Rico and I don't speak Spanish, so we had a translator. 448 00:28:01,900 --> 00:28:06,260 Based on what the translation was, I was able to see what's going on. 449 00:28:06,260 --> 00:28:08,420 Nova prepares you in that sense. 450 00:28:08,420 --> 00:28:10,100 I see what medications you're taking. 451 00:28:10,100 --> 00:28:15,180 I see what you're saying, what the communication barrier, but what the translator was saying 452 00:28:15,180 --> 00:28:17,780 to me, okay, let's see what I can do for you. 453 00:28:17,780 --> 00:28:23,500 I do feel like Nova does prepare you well in that sense. 454 00:28:23,500 --> 00:28:24,780 I completely agree. 455 00:28:24,780 --> 00:28:31,020 From the perspective of somebody who started clinic three or four weeks ago, I would say 456 00:28:31,020 --> 00:28:39,340 that hand skills and knowledge that we've learned in all of our classes, the didactic 457 00:28:39,340 --> 00:28:42,940 side of dentistry, I feel completely prepared. 458 00:28:42,940 --> 00:28:44,500 That's the least of my worries. 459 00:28:44,500 --> 00:28:51,340 It's more just learning how to deal with people, how to schedule patients, the way that the 460 00:28:51,340 --> 00:28:52,340 clinic operates. 461 00:28:52,340 --> 00:28:56,380 Those are the things that you have to worry about when you get into clinic, not the stuff 462 00:28:56,380 --> 00:28:59,340 that you're supposed to learn in the past two years. 463 00:28:59,340 --> 00:29:06,140 I've felt incredibly prepared. 464 00:29:06,140 --> 00:29:11,180 There is a question about asking what Nova focuses on most. 465 00:29:11,180 --> 00:29:17,340 I don't know if you meant in terms of your initial application or your interview, but 466 00:29:17,340 --> 00:29:20,180 I'll speak on the interview portion. 467 00:29:20,180 --> 00:29:27,620 After you get your offer to get an interview, then when you're in that meeting, it's very 468 00:29:27,620 --> 00:29:29,820 one-on-one, very personal. 469 00:29:29,820 --> 00:29:31,180 It's just like a conversation. 470 00:29:31,180 --> 00:29:37,580 They just want to see if you are the same person that you talked about in your application 471 00:29:37,580 --> 00:29:39,940 and that you can socialize. 472 00:29:39,940 --> 00:29:47,340 It's just very conversational, very chill and not intimidating at all. 473 00:29:47,340 --> 00:29:53,020 I'm not going to lie, Nova's interview is the most chillest interview you'll ever experience. 474 00:29:53,020 --> 00:29:58,420 I went in there totally oblivious to what's going on. 475 00:29:58,420 --> 00:30:02,980 The question that I was asked in my interview was, because all my resume, I put in my graphic 476 00:30:02,980 --> 00:30:08,660 design artist and I lead outreaches, I organize mission trips. 477 00:30:08,660 --> 00:30:10,460 More than being whole, I say, that's our guest. 478 00:30:10,460 --> 00:30:15,940 Well, guess who's doing all the merchandise designs, who's planning all the mission trips. 479 00:30:15,940 --> 00:30:18,940 I bit follow-up on all the signals that I send in my interview. 480 00:30:18,940 --> 00:30:21,340 They told me to it. 481 00:30:21,340 --> 00:30:27,140 Just say whatever you say in your interview, hold it true. 482 00:30:27,140 --> 00:30:28,140 That's the best thing. 483 00:30:28,140 --> 00:30:34,100 Be who you are, be true to yourself and you can never go wrong with that. 484 00:30:34,100 --> 00:30:38,780 Yeah, I'm going to ask you another question. 485 00:30:38,780 --> 00:30:39,780 I don't know. 486 00:30:39,780 --> 00:30:41,780 You want to add a song? 487 00:30:41,780 --> 00:30:44,140 No, no, you go ahead. 488 00:30:44,140 --> 00:30:50,580 I don't think personally in my interview, they didn't ask me anything out of the ordinary, 489 00:30:50,580 --> 00:30:53,140 tricky, trying to catch me off guard. 490 00:30:53,140 --> 00:30:56,140 It was literally a conversation. 491 00:30:56,140 --> 00:31:00,100 We sat down and we just talked about my interests. 492 00:31:00,100 --> 00:31:03,620 Then she asked me a couple of questions about my application. 493 00:31:03,620 --> 00:31:05,220 I did some research in undergrad. 494 00:31:05,220 --> 00:31:10,580 She was just asking me some questions about that, but nothing that's going to throw you 495 00:31:10,580 --> 00:31:12,260 off. 496 00:31:12,260 --> 00:31:16,620 Just know your application as best as possible and you should be good. 497 00:31:16,620 --> 00:31:20,180 I don't think they're going to, they're not there to trick you or anything. 498 00:31:20,180 --> 00:31:24,220 They just want to see who you are as a person, honestly. 499 00:31:24,220 --> 00:31:30,860 And what they're not, that's all no, sorry. 500 00:31:30,860 --> 00:31:38,020 One more thing on the interview is if you go into it knowing what you want to talk about, 501 00:31:38,020 --> 00:31:41,420 I think that's really beneficial, especially at Nova. 502 00:31:41,420 --> 00:31:47,340 They more sit back and let you talk about whatever you want to talk about. 503 00:31:47,340 --> 00:31:53,180 So if you can fill up that time and give them a good idea of what kind of a person you are, 504 00:31:53,180 --> 00:31:58,540 then they're going to be less likely to start asking you questions than maybe are something 505 00:31:58,540 --> 00:32:03,300 that you're not as confident about or something that you don't want to answer. 506 00:32:03,300 --> 00:32:08,300 So it kind of goes along with what Riley said with knowing your application. 507 00:32:08,300 --> 00:32:14,020 Know your strengths, highlight those things, and then talk about yourself as a person, 508 00:32:14,020 --> 00:32:18,980 things that they can't read on the paper. 509 00:32:18,980 --> 00:32:23,780 One of the questions I was asked during the interview, and I totally blanked and I wished 510 00:32:23,780 --> 00:32:29,380 I didn't, was there was Dr. Gautka, she asked me, do you have any questions for me? 511 00:32:29,380 --> 00:32:35,660 Looking back, if I could tell my pre-dental student self, this is the question I would 512 00:32:35,660 --> 00:32:39,060 ask any during an interview. 513 00:32:39,060 --> 00:32:43,260 How is your patient cool for your students? 514 00:32:43,260 --> 00:32:46,380 Like, am I going to have to find my own patient? 515 00:32:46,380 --> 00:32:49,980 Am I going to always have a chair? 516 00:32:49,980 --> 00:32:55,460 Questions like that are very, I would ask those questions because you never know without 517 00:32:55,460 --> 00:32:59,700 school, do they give us the patients or do we have to absolutely look for the patients? 518 00:32:59,700 --> 00:33:02,340 I see all these questions like, oh, how did they ask you? 519 00:33:02,340 --> 00:33:05,660 But one of the things I wish I knew is what can I ask them? 520 00:33:05,660 --> 00:33:09,900 Because remember, you want to go to their school and they want you as a student, but 521 00:33:09,900 --> 00:33:13,860 you got to realize if you get accepted to multiple schools, why do I want to go to your 522 00:33:13,860 --> 00:33:14,940 school? 523 00:33:14,940 --> 00:33:17,700 Or if this is the only school you're going to get accepted, is this really the school 524 00:33:17,700 --> 00:33:18,700 I want to go to? 525 00:33:18,700 --> 00:33:22,540 And I'm going to put a lot of money to this school, do I really want to go to this? 526 00:33:22,540 --> 00:33:24,900 Do I really want to jump into this much stuff? 527 00:33:24,900 --> 00:33:26,900 Like, why am I gay and too? 528 00:33:26,900 --> 00:33:27,900 Kind of thing. 529 00:33:27,900 --> 00:33:33,020 I want to thank all of our NSU e-board members for coming on and answering all these questions. 530 00:33:33,020 --> 00:33:40,340 You guys did an absolutely phenomenal job and just banged out so many important topics. 531 00:33:40,340 --> 00:33:42,420 So thank you guys so much for everything you've done. 532 00:33:42,420 --> 00:33:49,020 The goal of what we want to do here is we are going to be launching the pre-dental mentor 533 00:33:49,020 --> 00:33:50,020 map. 534 00:33:50,020 --> 00:33:54,340 It's something coming out hopefully soon, which is going to be a free service for pre-dental 535 00:33:54,340 --> 00:34:00,660 students to ask questions just like you guys did today of willing dental mentors like our 536 00:34:00,660 --> 00:34:04,340 wonderful e-board here about school specific questions. 537 00:34:04,340 --> 00:34:08,700 So you guys can sign up when we launch this hopefully soon. 538 00:34:08,700 --> 00:34:13,620 If anybody has any questions, I can see some of the e-boards throwing their contact information 539 00:34:13,620 --> 00:34:14,620 in there. 540 00:34:14,620 --> 00:34:18,020 If you guys are comfortable with that, please do so you can continue the conversation. 541 00:34:18,020 --> 00:34:19,020 But thank you so much. 542 00:34:19,020 --> 00:34:20,020 Keep an eye out as soon as the dentistry. 543 00:34:20,020 --> 00:34:21,420 We're going to be launching that map soon. 544 00:34:21,420 --> 00:34:24,740 So all of these questions, not just about NOVA, but all schools can be answered hopefully 545 00:34:24,740 --> 00:34:25,740 soon. 546 00:34:25,740 --> 00:34:27,140 So thank you guys so much for coming. 547 00:34:27,140 --> 00:34:28,140 We really appreciate it. 548 00:34:28,140 --> 00:34:31,220 Hopefully the next one can be long in 40 minutes because this was really important stuff. 549 00:34:31,220 --> 00:34:32,220 Thank you for having us. 550 00:34:32,220 --> 00:34:33,220 Good luck everyone. 551 00:34:33,220 --> 00:34:51,100 We'll see you guys next time.